It is always a good idea to be sure you are taking any kind of medicine safely. As with any other kind of medicine, homeopathic remedies should be taken with caution and in conjunction with an experienced practitioner’s instructions, so that you receive the safest, most beneficial treatment possible.

Since the remedies are highly diluted, they do not contain significant amounts of the original substance from which they are made. Therefore, they do not have the toxic effects associated with many conventional medications or other substances. They are, however, powerful energetic stimuli and must be used with discretion. Sometimes, as part of the curative process, a person will experience a temporary intensification of symptoms.

Yikes! I can't tell anyone to stop taking drugs prescribed by a doctor. These drugs are so dangerous that stopping them is just as problematic as staying on them! Read the pharmacy inserts: "Stopping this drug suddenly could cause a heart attack..." and so on. Consequently, your doctor is going to have to take responsibility for this. However, if you're not on any drugs, and you get sick, the preference would be to try homeopathy first.

Homeopathy recognizes the fact that everyone is different. Just as each person needs a remedy specific to his or her unique symptom totality, he or she should also expect a unique response to his or her remedy. No two people respond to a remedy in the same way, in that relief will come quickly or slowly depending on their health and life circumstances.

No matter what kind of medicine you are taking, or how many practitioners you are seeing, it is important that they all have a clear understanding of what you are doing and how you are handling your health needs. The more your practitioners know, the better they can serve you, and the safer you will be.

Most homeopathic remedies are not prescription items. Many are sold in health food stores and sometimes pharmacies. The exact remedies and potencies sold are determined by the individual stores and pharmacies. The policy of Hahnemann Pharmacy is: Remedies up to the potency of 30C can be ordered by anyone. Anything above 30C, such as a 200C, 1M, 10M, etc. requires the involvement of a practitioner, and will not be sold if a practitioner is not managing your case.

Centesimal and decimal potencies, when taken in pellet form, are dissolved in one’s mouth, usually under the tongue. The number of pellets taken, and the frequency at which they are taken, must be determined by your practitioner. Every person is different, hence the dosing regime must reflect your individuality, just as the choice of remedy does.

Usually after taking a well-indicated homeopathic medicine, the person feels better in all aspects ? physical, mental and emotional. Occasionally after taking a homeopathic medicine your symptoms may become slightly worse. This effect will be brief and is a good sign that the body's natural healing energies have started to counteract the illness. After this, the symptoms will subside as you regain your health. If symptoms do not go away, talk to your homeopathy.

How many years of conventional therapy he/she has had for this ailment. [the more and stronger conventional drugs the patient has taken - the greater the suppression - and thus the therapeutic exacerbation is greater.

The length of time the benefits of a remedy last is dependent upon the state of the person. Some people are able to go for weeks or months off a single dose, while others may need more frequent doses. As treatment continues, the length of time between doses ought to lengthen, indicating your life energy is getting stronger and maintaining its health and balance more successfully.

This appears to be another one of those individual patient things again. Perhaps it's one of those laws of diminishing returns. Most doctors will specify a minimum of one week after the shot where your non-allergenic foods are to be the only foods to be ingested. For people with no food problems this is no big deal. For food sufferers it's just another thing to deal with.

The short answer is no, especially if you see a clear picture for another remedy and especially if you see a change in the mental/emotional state. For example, let's say your homeopath has you on Phosphorus LM/1 once a day as your constitutional remedy. Suddenly you come down with the flu: you're thirstless, lethargic, drowsy, dizzy, sleepy with muscle aches, chills and a headache. You've got a clear Gelsemium flu. Why should you be taking phosphorus? It just doesn't make any sense.

You may experience a "proving". When there's nothing more for a remedy to work on, you may start to "prove" it. A person taking Nat-mur. may find himself craving salty food, a person taking Mercurius may start sweating or salivating. This is a sign for you to stop the remedy. Always report an aggravation to your homeopath. He or she will look in the Materia Medica to see if you're proving it. If you are, usually just stopping it is sufficient to fix the problem.

Are taking other medicines, including those you have obtained without a prescription. Because weight loss has many beneficial effects, it may also affect the dose of medication taken for conditions such as high cholesterol or diabetes. Be sure to discuss these and other medicines you may be taking with your doctor. Losing weight may mean you need adjustments to these medications.

Improvement can be seen immediately or it may take up to 24 hours, but you should see some improvement within that time with the correctly chosen

No! You know, it's probably your junk food lifestyle that got you here in the first place. The worst culprits? Phony foods. Foods that don't exist in nature. Food like Twinkies! Food made from white flour and white sugar--both non-foods. Your body doesn't recognize them, doesn't know what to do with them or how to digest them! They have no nutrients, plus they're nutrient-robbers as they leach calcium and the B vitamins out of your body! Why do they exist? Shelf-life. Real food goes bad.

Many practitioners have many different ideas about what will interfere with homeopathic remedies, such as coffee, mint, menthol, camphor, ultrasound tooth brushes, air travel, or nothing. The best thing to do is follow your practitioner’s instructions on what to do and what not to do while on your homeopathic remedy.

In most instances, there is nothing to worry about. Since substances are rendered nontoxic through the process of dilution and succussion, homeopathic remedies do not pose a threat of poisoning. However, if the remedy your child has swallowed is a potency of 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, 6X, 7X, or 8X, you should contact your homeopath immediately or should get your child to an emergency room immediately, because these potencies are very low and still contain enough raw material to potentially cause harm.

You can use more than one, and in this case, six or seven remedies together at the same time is the maximum suggested that people work with. For such circumstances, a personal formula bottle is suggested for both economy and convenience. To make a formula bottle, fill a clean 1 oz dropper bottle with spring water, add 2 drops of each chosen remedy and top off (about 1/2 teaspoon of either drinking alcohol of your choice, vegetable glycerin or cider vinegar).

Homeopathic remedies can be administered alongside conventional medicine in the cases of life threatening illnesses helping the body’s natural defences.

This entirely depends on the vitality of the patient and the chronicity of complaints. A patient who is generally very weak and exhausted with a complaint of many years duration will take longer to heal than a person with a recent complaint and with generally a very high vitality. The medicines are taken in small quantity and over limited periods of time, usually at most a week or two.

Traveling as an American is simply not fun sometimes. There are a lot of people in the world who hear “American” and attribute everything they don’t like about the country to you. They don’t want to know your name, or what you’re about, they just dislike you. In extreme cases, it can even be dangerous. Mind you, there are not many people who behave this way, but it’s easier to just avoid the possibility of trouble, especially when traveling alone!

Sunlight will eventually fade anything but there are “protected” leathers that will not fade as quickly as some “natural” leathers. If this is a concern we will help direct you towards the leather that is right for you.

Always think carefully before attempting any spells. They do work and must be thought through carefully. Make sure you have attempted to improve the problem on the mundane level before trying a spell, and they must only be done for need not greed. For your own sake and everyone else's, always remember to obey the wiccan rede.

Conventional drugs are a hodgepodge of different chemical substances that may or may not be found in nature. Elements or substances found in nature be they plant, organic or mineral substances are made of certain substances, and these substances have a quantitative definition as well as a qualitative one, in other words the composition of each substance is in a certain proportion to another substance and this makes all the difference.

Homeopathic preparations are extremely safe to take because of their highly diluted form. Nonetheless, frequent repetition of a dose without the advice of a professional is not recommended. Remedies should not be taken together with food because this might interfere with their absorption. Take them at least 30 minutes before or after eating or drinking and let them dissolve in the mouth. Your homeopath will give you more specific instructions if necessary.

I say yes while many homoeopathists will say no. Choming Essences can work easily with other vibrations whereas homeopathic remedies normally do not integrate well with other vibrations.